JR

[caleb]

I'd just like to point out the Cuban bucket truck and show it some love. YIKES.

[sleepboy]

Setting up for his show at Emmanuel Perrotin in Hong Kong.

[saL]

setting up a show in Perottin gallery, HK:

[jB]

Those sculptures are fantastic!

[sleepboy]

[sleepboy]

JR and crew working hard in Japan.

[sleepboy]

standardhotels.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/wrinkles-of-the-city-havana-cuba

[sleepboy]

Shot of some smaller pieces from his studio. Please let me know if you guys know where these are destined for...

[sleepboy]

Interesting JR x Andre mural in Miami.

[sleepboy]

Prepping for his show opening this weekend at the Watarium Museum in
Tokyo.

[sleepboy]

Pretty sweet new print.

www.social-animals.net/en/jr/inside-out-action-in-kesennuma-japan-2012.html

[saL]

JR just released a new print via Social-Animals.net:



TITLE : Inside Out, Action in Kesennuma, Japan
ARTIST : JR
DATE : February 2013
DIMENSIONS : 80 x 55 cm
TECHNIC : 12 colors lithographie printed with Marinoni machine
PAPER : white BFK Rives, 270 grammes
PRINCE : €500.00

[sleepboy]

Some shots from the opening in Tokyo here.

[sleepboy]

Nice gift from the twins for his birthday.

[sleepboy]

[sleepboy]

An interesting piece with the help of the twins.

[sleepboy]

JR x Bagua shoes...

tinyurl.com/a4yg6q8

[sleepboy]

Prepping for the next city in his Wrinkles of the City project - Berlin.

[afr1ka]

Posted this in the Parla thread also:

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS ONE - MUST SEE IF YOU ARE IN NYC



brycewolkowitz.com/h/

JR/ José Parlá
The Wrinkles of the City, Havana Cuba
May 7 - July 12, 2013
Opening reception: Tuesday May 7, 6-8 pm

Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery is pleased to present The Wrinkles of the City, Havana, Cuba, a recent collaboration between JR and José Parlá.

The Wrinkles of the City was started by JR in Cartagena, Spain and has been reprised in Shanghai, Los Angeles, and most recently, Havana. In 2012, JR and Parlá photographed and interviewed dozens of senior citizens who lived through the Cuban revolution, flyposting colossal black-and-white portraits of their subjects on the walls of city buildings. Parlá, who is of Cuban descent, interlaces the images with palimpsestic, calligraphic writings and color. In a city devoid of commercial imagery, JR and Parlá’s enormous yet intimate portraits offer a stunningly humane contrast to the endless repetition of political icons.

This exhibition will consist of twelve large portraits from the Havana iteration of The Wrinkles of the City project along with a site-specific installation.

Since 2004, the French artist JR has traveled the world creating monumental portraits of ordinary citizens. He is widely considered one of the most influential and visionary of all street artists. JR was awarded the prestigious TED prize in 2011. A documentary film about JR’s Inside Out, a global art project providing people the opportunity to share their portrait and a statement of what they stand for, will be showing at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. His other projects include Women Are Heroes, Face 2 Face, and Portrait of a Generation.

José Parlá has received critical acclaim for his paintings, which lie at the boundary between abstract marking and calligraphy. Composed from layers of paint, gestural drawing and found ephemera, his work evokes the histories of urban environments. He was recently commissioned by the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (January 2013) and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (September 2012), as well as having recently held solo exhibitions at Haunch of Venison (London, UK) and Yuka Tsuruno Gallery (Tokyo, Japan). In 2013, Parlá was added to the collection of the British Museum, (London, UK). José Parlá lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

The Wrinkles of the City, Havana, Cuba, which was commissioned for the 11th Havana Biennial, has been made into a book published by Damiani/Standard Press, as well as a film, which will be on view at the gallery.

[sleepboy]

Some of my favorite collaborative works. They really compliment each other. I wonder how the works will be presented - straight photos or wheatpasted on found objects.

[saL]

Apr 10, 2013 22:25:20 GMT -8 sleepboy said:

Some of my favorite collaborative works. They really compliment each other. I wonder how the works will be presented - straight photos or wheatpasted on found objects.

yup, Im not a massive fan of either JR or Parla, but their collab works are looking just perfect.. with texture and environment being big part of it, I wonder how the show works are gonna be presented as well..

[rizza79]

worth a look:

artsy.net/inthestudiojr?utm_source=Current+Users&utm_campaign=eb65b5acd0-Weekly_Email_62&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c67eb1f0a4-eb65b5acd0-413191929

[saL]

what rizza just said - Artsy.net just published an interesting article on JR's NYC studio:







see more photos and info HERE >

[sleepboy]

A short interview with JR here for those interested.

[sleepboy]

His photo truck has been the Los Angeles area recently.

Today it will be at 7600 Beverly Blvd until 7pm.